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You are very fortunate to have that role and experience it will provide; to drop out of high school would be a colossal mistake. Please don't do it! Every job
by smush 8y ago
You are very fortunate to have that role and experience it will provide; to drop out of high school would be a colossal mistake. Please don't do it!
Every job worth having expects people to have a completed high school degree or better (queue the edge case anecdata). Dropping out now because of this job is highly risky.
Your next job would have to not care that you didn't graduate from high school (you will be 20 at that point)...most jobs who see a 20 year old that didn't complete high school only see a 'loser' whether that moniker is earned or not, for the hiring process, perception is reality.
I've been in a similar situation as well (got a Jr. SysAdmin job at 17, promoted to plain at 18, but had to split it between high school hours and later working on my 4-yr degree at college) thus, I understand your point of view.
The feelings of being held back by school are very real. They are not fun to experience. You are almost certainly robbing your older self down the road in lost job opportunities and more if you don't get that HS degree. Don't do it! Your 25+ year old self will thank you for making the painful, sucks to do, mature decision.
- ajeet_dhaliwal 8y agoIf he/she been able to get a job doing dev work, and that's the career he/she wants, what more is he/she going to learn that he/she could not learn him/herself later if they wanted (online or books). As a hiring manager I'd usually check out where the person has worked before if they have already started working. If it's the first job, yes the education matters because there's nothing else to go on. If it can be managed they may as well complete it, especially if there's any chance they want to do a degree.